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How can I open a tea ball that's stuck shut?

It's a cheap pull-apart; I'm guessing that someone put the two halves together before it was dry and now the two halves are stuck.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Throw it against the wall...works for me everytime!

  • maust
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Metal Tea Ball

  • 1 decade ago

    run VERY hot water over the side that goes over----makes the metal expand& should pull apart

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    since it's stuck dry try add water to loosen the tightness.

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  • 1 decade ago

    put it in the freezer and as it cools then it should shrink in size....

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